RPM Uses Installed Code Pages

RPM Remote Print Manager™ uses installed code pages to translate print jobs into a form that Windows can print.

Code pages typically have a maximum character length of 1 or 2. Single byte code pages include East European, and double byte code pages include Asian languages such as Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Japanese, and Korean.
 

Code pages and text printing

RPM code page support was designed for text printing. RPM can successfully scale the font, translate single and double byte data and print to any Windows printer. Some issues to be aware of with code pages and text printing:

• Fonts are processed by Windows, not the printer, so print speed may be reduced
• Depending on the code page, the choice of fonts may be limited

Code pages and non-text printing

Issues to be aware of with code pages and non-text processing:

• Translating double byte data will result in Unicode data under Windows 95/98
• Translating single byte data may result in the OEM character set under Windows 95/98. This may or may not be compatible with your printer
• All code page translation will create Unicode data under Windows 2000 and NT

For these reasons, code page translation is disabled by default for non-text queues; however, this function is available.